Type R and VTEC owners
- Thread starter ChrisD.
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Associate
Only had the car since Thursday, Yea im wanting to add the front lower splitter, and a wing for the back, also planning on changing the exhaust system, and a induction kit, but for now, im just enjoying the car so this will probably happen next year.
I was thinking of something like this
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...el/civic/postcode/pl144jk/radius/45?logcode=p
Which is near me and I believe it has JDM anti roll bars, LSD and better suspension as standard?
Associate
As good as the EP3 is, I would never spend £8k on one.
JDM ep3's are 220bhp standard aswell
Soldato
If you have 8k to spend I'd be looking at a DC5 over an EP3 if I wanted something for a track car, all the good bits from the JDM EP3 plus better brakes, more power, nicer seats and an even racier looking car.
If I go back 2 years or so in my car history, I bought an S2000 rather than a DC5 and promptly crashed it, every time I see a nice Teg now I wonder what I'd have now if I'd got one instead of the S2000. Probably still be driving a nicely modded DC5...I still kind of want one.
If I go back 2 years or so in my car history, I bought an S2000 rather than a DC5 and promptly crashed it, every time I see a nice Teg now I wonder what I'd have now if I'd got one instead of the S2000. Probably still be driving a nicely modded DC5...I still kind of want one.
That EP3 is a JDM, so the same power as the DC5.
But the DC5 has hydraulic steering versus electric of the EP3 which people often forget, and it's the one single thing that sets them apart when you're driving it IMO.
Don
Plus, the DC5 doesn't look like a breadvan, more like a shark 
This one of the best FWD hatches only really beaten by the very latest track focused Meganes and Corsas, but it still looks better than they do.
You don't fit in a DC5 but do fit in an EP3, how'd you work / figure that one out? I'm 6' on the dot and have ample room!
I can't get my legs under/around the steering wheel in a DC5. I went for a test drive in one at Torque GT and couldn't even push the clutch in.
I have the same problem in 8p A3's, the struts from the dash get in the way of the clutch, hence having an S-Tronic one.
EP3 dasboard centre slopes away to the passenger side leaving plenty of room.
What do we think of this? http://www.pistonheads.com/classifi...-ep3-only-50k-miles/1711676?isexperiment=true
I have the same problem in 8p A3's, the struts from the dash get in the way of the clutch, hence having an S-Tronic one.
EP3 dasboard centre slopes away to the passenger side leaving plenty of room.
What do we think of this? http://www.pistonheads.com/classifi...-ep3-only-50k-miles/1711676?isexperiment=true
Soldato
http://www.boystoysltd.co.uk/cars/honda/civic/i-vtectyper/4268/0
Don't. Dealers isn't the best.
As you can see, dealer add says 65k, PH says 50k.
Seriously, I'd get the JDM posted above. More than likely to hold its value compared to other EP3's, has the LSD which you'd want anyway for track use, has slightly more power and a better interior.